Execution order of of static blocks in an Enum type w.r.t to constructor

Question

This is from Effective Java :

// Implementing a fromString method on an enum type
  private static final Map stringToEnum
      = ne         


        

Answer 1

Operation constants are static fields created in the static block in the appearing order.

static { 
    // instantiate enum instances here
    ...
    // Initialize map from constant name to enum constant     
    for (Operation op : values())       
       stringToEnum.put(op.toString(), op);   
}